Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-11

on abandoned vessels: 10 restrict ownarshIp OF
lands IN the territories to American Gil MS: to
prohibit government employees from hriug or
contracting out the labor Of United States con-
victs: to amend the act prohibiting the i1nporJa-
tton and immigration OF foreigners under labor
States cfcuit courts: for tho axljustment OF the
land grants and the forfeiture Of unearncd lands;
to provide for bringing suits against the govern
ment. 1s 8zs5 y .5s$4sss !, = 7T1, '..s..1 I,
Forty house joint resolutions became laws,
the principal ones being as follows: It. =;
Directing the commissioner Of labor to make
an investigation Of convict labor: to authorize
me president to protect American fishing vessels
and American fisherman in Canada; authorizing
IN Investigation Of the books accounts Of The
Pacific road.
THE SENATE BILLS
OF the total number of bills which. passed
the senate $50 became laws, including lis
nature. The following is q list of the more
important senate bills placed on the stauute
DOCKS OF the present congress-: y
The presidential successional, bill devolving
he,rship to the presidency upon me:1bers OF the
cabinet IN the event of q vacancy in the office
OF president aud vice president: Interstate COM
merce bill: for the retirement and recOinage os
trade dollars the electoral count bill: for the al
!otment OF lands in severalty to Indians and ex-
tending the protection Of the laws to Indians on
the various reservations: to'repeal the tenure of
office act; to increase the annual appropriation
for militia: to establish agricultural experiment.
stations; for the study Of the effects Of mar
cotics and intoxioapts in the public schools; to
iegalize the incorporation OF trades unions: to
leg: to indemnify the Chinese for loss sustained
BY the Rock Springs riots: for the relief Of
Washington Territory and Idaho: for the settle
ment Of accounts for arms between Montana
and the United States: to amend the laws re-
lating to patents, trade marks and copyrights:
to authorize the postmaster general to allow
compensation for railroads for apartment car
service furnished pursuant to agreement to
provide for the execution Of articles Of the Chi
nese treaty Of Nov. II, 1870.
or the foregoing measures seven became
laws by the expiration OF the constitutional
ten days limit, the Mormon polygany y, trade
dollar, militia aud four private bills The
senate bills vetoed were thirty nine in num-
Der. eleven being of public and twenty
eight of private character Among the pub
lie bills vetoed were these:
To quiet the titles of settlers on the Des
Moines river lands (passed over the veto in the
senate and failed of the two-thirds in the
house,: for the erection Of q public building at
Sioux City. Iowa: to grant railroads right Of
way through an Indian reservation in Montana.
The ninety three house bills vetoed in
cluded eighty private bills and six
bills OF public nature. Among the putlic
bills vetoed were those for the erection Of q
federal building at Duluth. Minn. to dis
tribute seeds among the drouth-stricken
dependent soldiers and dependent relatives
Of deceased soldiers
THE REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
which failed of enactment were the fortifioa-
tion bill for both congresses the river and
harbOr bill Of the present session (which was
not signed by the presidenG) and the de-
fciency bill, on which the conference report
was not submitted in time for action. Fifty
bills In addition to these which became
laws and those vetoed were sent to the pres
tdent, but were pocketed by him on the ad-
journment of congress, and therefore failed
The most Important are as follows:
The river and harbor; to prevent the employ
ment Of convict and alien labor on public works;
to open to settlement the public land strip south
Of Kansas; the O'Nel labor arbitration bill for
the settlement Of controversies between inter
state ROADS and their employees; the Morrison
surplus resolution; to annex q part of Idaho to
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill and
the bill to repeal the presumption and
timber culture and desert land laws
We're in conference for long while. but tho
differences proved 1rreconcilable The bill
to tax fractional parts Of a gallon of spirits
was killed by refusal of the house to ac-
cept the conference report Bills establish
ing additional aids to navigation at the
mouth of the Mississippi and forfeiting the
land grant to railroad from Ontonagon to
the Wisconsin state line also failed in con-
ference. while the bill to create depart
ment of agriculture and labor was killed by
the inability of its friends to SEND it to a con-
ference committee. About $50 bills and
joint resolutions which passed the house
tailed Of action in the senate, some of which
were defeated by adverse committee re-
ports The most important of these are ~
follows:
To authorize the establishment Of export to-
baccO manufactures and for drawback upon
imported articles used In manufacturing ex-
ported tobacco: terminate certain Chinese
treaty stipulations and prohibit the Chinese i'm
migration in the United States
About seventy-hve bills passed by the SEN
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educational bill, after passing the senate was
never allowed to come before the house for
action, although it's friends claimed a de-
cided majority in its favor on test vote